SharePoint Designer 2007 for Web Designers

On completion of the course students will be able to use the basic features of SharePoint Designer 2007 to include creating/editing basic web pages, use hyperlinks, work with graphics, tables and create a navigation structure.

Who will benefit from the SharePoint Designer course? People developing web sites and require revision of Intranet concepts and terminology.

Duration - 1 Day

Module 1 - The Browsers

• Review of Browsers, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, “Setting the Options”
• How the Options affect the views of HTML / Web Pages

Module 2 - Understanding the NET

• The differences between Intranet, Internet and Xtranettex
• Review of graphics on the web, colour palettes and file size / formats

Module 3 - SharePoint Designer 2007 Explorer

• Understanding the Personal Web Server
• Importing Images and Files into the website
• Creating and renaming folders within the website

Module 4 - SharePoint Designer 2007 Editor

• Using SharePoint Designer 2007 editor to create HTML pages
• Page backgrounds, and watermarks
• Default colour settings
• Linking page backgrounds to other HTML pages
• Working with HTML font size
• Using fonts face on an HTML page
• Paragraph control
• Creating and modifying HTML Tables
• Working with Table and Cell Properties
• Inserting, Sizing Images
• Applying Image Flags
• Working with Includes

Module 5 - Hyperlinks

• Creating Bookmarks
• Understanding URL’s, creating Hyperlinks to HTML pages, HTML pages in other Web Sites.
• Creating Hyperlinks to other File Types.
• Creating and modifying Hot Spots
• Navigating through a Hyperlink
• Removing a Hyperlink
• Verifying hyperlinks to HTML pages and graphics
• Troubleshooting hyperlinks

Module 6 - The Home Page and Frames

• Concepts of the Home Page (index.htm)
• Creating frames
• Working with top level and parent Level frames

Module 7 - Active Elements

• Marquee
• Search forms
• Hover buttons

Module 8 - Feedback Forms

• Creating feedback forms
• Filtering feedback forms with Excel or Access

Module 9 - Additional (Time Permitting)

• Good Web Page design and strategies
• Browser considerations
• Image Composer and Animator
• or PaintShop Pro and Animator
• Copy and Paste from other applications and the implications